AP Top 25 Movies, Ranking Best Of 2022: What Made The Cut?
With hundreds of new movies coming out each year, many of us rely on the expertise of film critics to curate our own viewings.
To honor the supporting role entertainment journalism can play in this beloved pastime, on Thursday AP released its first-ever AP Top 25 Movies List.
The AP Top 25 Movies Ranking is a signature honorary roll for films released in 2022, determined by a representative panel of 26 of America’s smartest film experts working for AP affiliated news organizations.
Here we explain what it is and how it works.
history
The AP Top 25 Movie Rankings is a new initiative taken from our rich legacy. The AP Top 25 College Football Poll, a global non-profit press cooperative, has been the authority on the sport since the All Media Survey began in 1936.
Sports polls have expanded since then, including men’s college basketball in 1949 and women’s college basketball in 1977. The AP’s ranking of the top 25 movies joins this storied tradition.
Sports polls are weekly tallies that track the evolving dynamics of each sport throughout the season. In contrast, the AP Top 25 Movie Ranking is a single, definitive list that reflects the entire calendar year 2022.
Sean Edwards, film critic for WDAF-TV in Kansas City, said: “We were thrilled that AP wanted a diverse group of individuals from different parts of the country to share their perspectives and perspectives.”
voter
For AP’s Top 25 Film Rankings, AP surveyed the nation’s best filmmakers, reporters and critics, and called for a diverse panel of journalists of all formats who cover film as an important part of their role in the press. . The press must be an AP member or client of hers to be eligible.
Among the 26 selected to vote in the initial ranking are a wide variety of platforms and viewings, from National Public Radio, Univision and IndieWire, to the Chicago Tribune, San Diego’s KPBS-FM radio station and Las Vegas’ KSNV-TV. person is included.
The voter demographic — 54% white, 65% male — stands out as being more inclusive when compared to the industry as a whole. A 2018 USC study found that the film critic industry is 83% white and 78.7% male.
The panelists for the AP Top 25 films are also between the ages of 29 and 68 and are based around the country, from Detroit to Memphis to Tennessee, from Houston to Philadelphia, but also in the hearts of the film industry in New York and Los Angeles. also has many representatives. .
methodology
Each voter submitted their own list ranking the 25 films released in calendar year 2022. AP encouraged each panelist to make their own interpretation of the “best movie.” This didn’t have to match award predictions or even Oscar eligibility for the film.
The 26 lists that followed yielded a collection of 176 different films. The individual rankings were then combined to create a national ranking using Borda counts. In this ranking, the vote for first place is calculated as 25 points, the vote for second place is calculated as 24 points, and so on. AP’s cumulative weighting system allowed a draw in 16th place with both Avatar: Path of the Water and Whale scoring 130 points each, resulting in a draw.
Each panelist’s identity and complete vote will be made public.
trend
In a world of cinema where only franchise films seem to achieve traditional box office success, the top five films on the AP Top 25 Movies ranking were all originals. return to pre-pandemic levels.
There was a clear edge to highly original films, female-focused stories, and theatrical premieres.
The battle for the top film of the year was very close, with only eight points separated in the rankings. “The Banshees of Inisherin” won the title with 392 points, but it was “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” led by Michelle Yeoh, that got her the most number one votes. The indie sci-fi hit — currently enjoying Cinderella Run during her award season — put her in second place in the AP rankings with 384 points, but six different polls put her in first place. was selected as Meanwhile, her comedy Dark in Ireland was ranked the top film of the year in just two different polls for her.
The final list of 25 films reflected this year’s significant darlings, but individual panelist votes shifted sharply towards the friendliness of the bottom half. The films at the end of the full list of movies in . There were 76 films, each approved with only one vote.
full list
1st place “Banshee of Inishelin” 392 points
2. “All at once” 384 points
3. “Tar” 346 points
4. “No” 304 points
5. “Queen” 267 points
6. “RRR” 263 points
7. “Top Gun: Maverick” 252 points
8. “The Fabermans” 238 points
9. “Talking Women” 222 points
10. “Glass Onion: A Knife Out Mystery”, 209 points
11. “After Sun” 201 points
12. “Decision to leave” 200 points
13th place “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” 147 points
14. “Elvis” 145 points
15. “All Beauty and Blood”, 141 points
16. “Avatar: Path of Water” 130 points
16. “Whale” 130 points
18. “Babylon” 129 points
19. “She said” 125 points
20th place “Marcel the Shell in shoes” 122 points
21. “Triangle of sorrow” 121 points
22. “Till” 116 points
23. “EO” 98 points
24th place “Turning Red” 95 points
25. “No Bears” 89 points
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